[Sherman Logan]

The atheists suggest that the principle with which there is near-unanimous agreement among Americans, that our government derives its just powers from our consent, is somehow anti-Biblical.

You can search both Testaments, but I think you'll have a really tough time finding any support for the notion that "the people" have a right to revolution.

Both Jesus and Paul specifically instructed Christians to obey the Roman government, and it was by any standard far more oppressive than the Brits.

It would be more accurate to say that the principle the author mentions is non-Biblical, though based on principles drawn directly from Christian ideas.

[Steelfish]

Not true. Caesar was to get only what was due to him. But one’s heart and soul belongs to God.

[DManA]

How about the conquest of Canaan?

You can search both Testaments, but I think you'll have a really tough time finding any support for the notion that "the people" have a right to revolution.